Improvement in pen-holders



that@ nden oEn'r n. LWEENcE, or. WHEELING. WEST vrnetruli.v

Letters Patent No. 108,916, dated November 1, 187.0.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-HOLDERS.

-The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To dl'nfhom it may concern Be Ait known that I, ROBERT B. LMvnEXcn, ot' \Vlieeling,in the county 'of Ohio and State ot'\\'cst Virginia, have invented a new alnLiinp1'ovcd Icn- Holde1';a-nd I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beingv had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in whichliigure l is-a perspective view ot' the pen-holder, with pen attached.

Figure 2 is a central section through a pen, its retaining sheath, and' portion of the holder.

Similar 'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures. l

The nature of my invention consistsin combining with a pen-holder a coiled spring-wirc sheath, adapted for receiving and holding a pen iirmly in place, and at the same time affording elasticity to the pen while writing with it.

Thefollowing description will enable others skilled in the art to carry my invention into effect.

In the accompanying drawing-'-v Aa represents a pen-handle or holder,'which maybe made of wood or othcrmaterial, and of any convenient shape.

a is a reduced cylindrical portion of the holder a, on .which I slip a helical spring, 1)..' This spring is secured in place byv bending and forcingr one end into the holder, as shown at c. The spring 11 maybe made of steell or other spring-wire, flat or round, and if the wire is madeof corrodiblc. metal it may he coated with a non-corrodible metal.

This spring-coil b forms a sheath around the eylin drical portion ofthe pen-holder, for receivingr the shank c of a pen, c, and thus attaching the pento the holder.'

By its elasticity the sheath will allow 'the pen to yield while using it, and thus obviate that st-iihcss and crampingr sensation to the hand which is felt while using a pcn which is held hy a stift` or nnyielding sheath.

l am aware thata spirally-wound wire sheath for holding a pen is not new, the same heilig shown in the English patent of Perry, numbered 6,678, and datcd 1834. The sheath of Perry, however, is not used with a pen and handle in the manner I have shown and described. 'In lerrys patent thesheath is shown and described as the only support for the pcn-shank. In ln'yarrangement the'sheath is supported along its whole length by means of the reduced end of the peu-handle, and the penis supported in' wardly by saidv handle, and outwardly by the spiral wiresheath. In lcrrys plan the spiral winds of the wire bind .close upon one another, and thereisvno spring action longitudinally In my arrangement the spiral ,winds or coils are separated from' one another, and there is a yielding spring action along the whole length ofv the'sheath when 'the writer is writing with the pen.

I am also aware that cylindric bands of rubber are shown inthe said patent of Pelry, and thatI such bands are placed around .the reduced, end of the-'pen-holder and the shank of the pen. This construction, however, differs from mine, and docs not operate on'the principle of a spirally-wouinl wire sheath.

L do not claim either of the pens shown in said patent ot' Perry; but

lVhat I do claim asmy invention, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent, is-

The longitndinally-compressible ahd laterally-expansihle spiral wire-sheath b, applied on the reduced end of the pen-handle and supported thereby along its whole lengt-11, and adapted tov receive the shank ot' the pen between it -and the handle, substantially in the manner shown and described.

ROBERT B.4 LAYVRENOE. Y

lVitncsses:

JN0. J .f J oxns, MATTHIAS Jnrrnns. 

